The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle by Philippe Descola

The Spears of Twilight: Life and Death in the Amazon Jungle

Philippe Descola with Janet Lloyd (Translator)

458 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction travel challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Achuar people have survived in isolation in the Amazonian jungle by aggressively resisting intruders. In this book, Descola depicts an altogether unfamiliar civilisation, whose values often seem bizarre to Western eyes.

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